backhanded
(adjective) roundabout or ambiguous; “attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity”; “a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal”
backhanded, backhand(a)
(adjective) (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
Source: WordNet® 3.1
backhanded (comparative more backhanded, superlative most backhanded)
With the back of the hand.
Involving a backward flip of the hand.
Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
Indirect.
Backwards, turned around.
(of writing) inclining to the left
Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.
Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.
backhanded
simple past tense and past participle of backhand
backhanded (comparative more backhanded, superlative most backhanded)
In a backhanded manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Back"hand`ed, a.
1. With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow.
2. Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded compliment.
3. Turned back, or inclining to the left; as, a backhanded letters.
Back"hand`, n. Etym: [Back, adv. + hand.]
Definition: A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.
Back"hand`, a.
1. Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.
2. Backhanded; indirect; oblique. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
